THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 9. Hit
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hlrh Of kllif MieO bow t)t-
tala romriiMllun for dam
age la Industrial erudente in On
ion ?
What 1 the uh of continuing lo
tmrJru I ho rouilt with damage
suit? Why hate Injured worklng-
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A NEWS dUtrh from Chi
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may U und afalnat th
NEWS dispatch from Chlcsfo
roller
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tB dalogBlion. Tha basts for
tb Action ouIJ b tbst tha Oraion
pits of clortlnK dclecstM doc not
conform with tha district delcgsit
nsthod required bv tba Nstlonsl Re
publican coramlttea.
It Is not likely thl th saKCsUon
rlll b carried out. Leadership on
hoih sides of the Republican co-jtro-
rsrsr ts a near lunatic as) I am. bat
It cab scarcely b rraiy enoujh to
tapset tbs Oregon deleiiatlon.
Of course, tha committee could
do ao. It hss tha most up-to-date
and most effecttre steam roller Ter
la?anted. ona that seems poss:ssed
Of Almost human Intelligence. It Is
tha last word ta steam roller con
struction. Beside It. tha unslnkable
ahip la a monumental Joke. All the
committee bas to do Is to press the
button, and thera you are the
ateatn roller rolls.
Bat tha Oregon delegation Is
creation of the law.
' It came into being through legal
processes. Behind It are a sovereign
atate and the constitution, the' laws
And the people of a sorerelgn atate,
' The ten eminent gentlemen who
Are to represent Oregon Republican
ism at Chicago have their creden
tlals. Those credentials are the re
turns from the ballot box. The ten
statesmen Are not the product of
A rump convention.
They - are the results ot orderly
procedure, a peaceable primary an
constitutional law, and to steam roll
er them would be an unpardonable
blunder.
WHY GO TO CHURCH?
aN a most Interesting article in the
. I Atlantic Monthly for June the
I question is ra.srd and repeated
. "Should 8mlth Go to Church?'
Here Smith is the "best of fel
lows" an average twentieth cen
tury American, diligent in business
'-Mr kind husband and father, In poll
tics a good citizen. Yet he has loBt
touch with the church where he once
belonged he cares not if it Uvea or
dies, he cares not a farthing for the
' state of his soul. Ho gives money to
several churches, he says the church
la a good thing that is for you and
. me and the next man as for him
eelf he gets on well without it. And
the danger to the church and to
' Smith is that he does to all appear
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i'Can the Smiths who have drifted
Away from the churches be brought
back to the pews? Then the church-
' . es must go after Smith, for It la a
j euro thing that he will not go after
the church. But how?
Not by sermons or texts or dos-
man Thv nillhpr fnnnh tha a f-
fairs of his life nor the needs of his
V soul. But give him .Christ's own
words and his own teachine then, he
who runs may read,
y The criticism that the church
;V pauses on Smith is not to compare
;J in severity with what Smith passes
' ion the church. What displeases
Wm? He Rays In himself it is not
efficient. He sees spirit moving in
ry new ethics in buplness, and in poli-
, ui-n, nun 'l inuurio, J.-Ub lie
He flnd3 phenomena not set in ,mo
tinn for Brood hv the rhnrr.h H
'A. ami-'everywhere seek Ins; fresh tttarr-
inr noints but the familiar church-
: In the week for prayer meeting or
" choir practice otherwise shut and
locked tight. Smith classes this as
wastefulness and futility.
Yet be confesses that the world Is
A kindlier place, with more Baving
r And belping agencies at work than
ever before. The . M. C. A., the
., cnamy urganizauon society, the
- Men's resort, the reading room and
. library and the Salvation Army find
In him- their excellent and most lib
"eral friend and advocate. His pock
et la open and even some of his time
- Is at their disposal. -
What then, la needed. If this be
' ChrtBUan service that be does, that
Smith be persuaded to be a Christ-
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The Atlantic writer suggests that
if the chnrch advrncea to grasp, con
trol, and' work for these many agen
cies Just now described, the religious
, spirit may be set 'mortar therein,
an 'to Smith; riar find himself t6
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I Tlire Is a far belter ar. A com
1 minion of ulna latorrd IIh Din
problem In J'ortland tralerday II
robtlals of thrr inomber from Ihe
rrango. lbr from union labor and
lhrr from l ho enilorra It I
at a ted thai there Is food roa't of
raarbloj an arrii)ent thai lll I
atlafariory lo alt roiirrrnd. If K),
a bill It prraonlrd lo I tie 1kI-
laiure for adotlon.
The bald facta of the present use
less want should further au agree
ment. The employers, for Instance,
are- face to fare lih the fart that
they must pay for Industrial arrl-
dents They now meet this llnblllty
by paring premiums to casualty com
panies, sending most of the money
out of the state.
They pay the casually companies
for defending suits. They have to
pay them for the rlaks. They have
to pay them a profit for engaging In
the casualty bualncsa. and it is
known to be a heavy profit. If all
this money were devoted dlrecti; to
the business of paying the loanes on
accidents, it would supply a large
errentage of the required fund.
The worklngmen are subjected to
a slmllsr useless and Inexcusable
waste. Much of the money awarded!
by the courts in darasge suits goes
to the lawyers. Sometimes It Is fifty
per cent. It is never a very small
percentage. Sometimes an Import
ant witness gets a share. The man
who bas lost a limb or austalncd
other incapacitating Injuries receives
but a fractloa of the award. Often
It Is a very small fraction.
He ought to get every cent of it,.
It is profligate waste of human en
deavor for him not to got every cent
of It. It is cruelly wrong and an In
human principle, for the man who
ia Incapacitated to give up to some
body else a great portion of what he
la awarded for being maimed. The
fruit of It la notorious ambulance
chasing, which should not be seen
in a Christian' community.
. There is common ground on which
these Interested but conflicting par
ties can meet. For their own pro
tection they ought to agree. They
ought to save the casualty feea.
They ought to save the lawyers' fees.
They ought to save the court fees.
They ought to save all waste, and
they can do It by agreeing on a meas
ure that will be automatic in its op
eration and Just to both sides in Its
provisions.
Why keep an every-day feature
of Industrial life in turmoil and
turbulence by adherence to the pres
ent plan of waste and futility?
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(ra(f wraubtJ tlfu at 4 sril!e, r tiu twni k nA t4 aia
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be 1, ma fc. I. ho as&bha . ,j.t,a. en
It beJ Ot 4l-r lbJUl4ual'fe,f, ttXtJ ci,,i or tbaC afi.f ai foo
lroaaI rlsioa. as iho ouly rui4r 4 alf r ' rfr. a. i,
a 4 . 14 isa rvciat ihi ir.
Sv . a aakaJI ja a AmM .tai !a J alat
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SKil a.vlal Ilfo lie conclude Ilh;ii in rowan (a n.a
the rirrus tauo iho ciih ej av ir0airal blea for Ik i.reTt-i a !
lly overlaid Tboaaaada ,,a ot 0)- hotnm Md tot lha tuato
flrkr4 lo crown don at4 lrfcft6P ifta iaarria boad
ouicfi -laylBf rolea at txum'ett. ' i n ... . . j j
bona, dogs. ot, bu'l.'rof and -a-ro
km at a local ibralla. darlbg Iba
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Wore thraa mora attrarilva to us
than are tha triumphant notes of
I'rratlurt' '
I'rrba jVtber llt le beltar aodl
oiirr at the lalrr rhoruars
Letter From tKe People
iit iuit tuu-u u 1111k t iin i
i inu:.. kJ duut isfi far Ibla MH
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1 1 IT UK am several saw dvelor- (bs fat-' ta4 i oom.li4 by in
I Of lnl.rr.t lo the pebd- "'"" Tba ama H' "
. . . .. . , l ubll.hS but im 4aaU4 aa tl Ibdl-
dork workers sirtke la t.lB vt faiih
f j.h.Iai. I ' 1
It ha Uor, polb'H oefore i h.r M,.ta-
lha, a radlra, we,kb.M . lb. 1 , f "tZTr. Im'n
ra w that II Is a strike of unaklltrd : , JU,I() . Jjurt, tJuna :i atara ro
lat-or Ho tba lintlirt. labor re- ifar fi.m an abla a44ra At-
HrJ by I n J. A. ball of lb"
Turin
mob
TIIK TtTIMJ OK A .ATIOX
'arrve of the ml roll I liable lo
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.... , ..., . ..... ,,rlJ ,0 u: lenipiauon oi LP oi , ,,,h.r,.B , ..,, llo of orrgon at
r.er nag and baMonaiiir prtvifnri tl,ado by the fha great ship-1 :tm .r.i annual a.uns m fiJ.
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terled her rllliena her-ver rilnd firms. Iprludlr g tha Atlantic ' 1 hr
iney roimi tnrtnsoivee on tbls , Tranaport line The firms offer;
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g! Ihaia.
Jer lha rara ihai
Th alio 44 net raad and
lu1 I bom are lha iot
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mae woria is oe.ng. or is snortiy io (o take on all comers without esrep- rur an int.nuont laminaiioa -f
le. put to the severest test Aa the don and no queatlna asked aa lotour prar.l ban bins aaim. which n-
Iton Paclflco case rou.ed the unanl- union connection and no debarring:'4. n,ZJ.n.illnK71,
mous spirit of the Iirlil.h when Iord of non-untonlais. and to glva the cur- V. h brun' ."i ",,!' .?-.
Palmerston was forelan mlnlaier, so rrnl rBl- ef wsg. with a minimum ; i. aurrionty of ih banair.- aaim
now a far stronger snd more easllr tin ,.w irh r,m ..w- ! of rump
defen.ible Issue Is r.laed in ,h. Kate )ellrly hoIld.y for '.hich h. mini-1 V
Malecks rats against lbs Russian, mutu a4fi will b paid I alod br ha farmrra of Oarmary and
government. I n 4 gabled that the number of n oihar Kuropvan reunlrlaa and ura
Miaa Kate Malecka la a nrlfl.h1 ...wi.. . v.. M.,.!lhlr Iniroductlon Into our rounlry
- ------I i.vu-uii.u.t.v. wufM,..K ..." v . Tha dala uaoxl br hlrn ara no douhl
subject, born of an English mother i )t dally Increasing, and the provls-1 crlw., ,,, ,r. fUfniaha4 by IaiJ
by a lollsh father w ho bal been I toning of Indon goes on w ithout In-' I.ublB. a prominent patron of huabamlry
naturalised, and she carried a Hrlt- terruptlon.
ish paiort when visiting temjor-1 )( j, known slso that no in-
arlly friends of her family In War- trf0rence l violence on the part
saw. There she had the Imprudence ' gtrlkers with the distribution of
not to conceal. In ron versatlon. her f,,, food ef th Kreat city will be
Socialistic leanings Hut she was ' remitted bv the sovernment. and
I w i- , ... i.ru.iiiili. nt thla ,iiinlr
lo lha International Inatltute ef Asrl
rill
betrayed to the Russian government tny outbreak In that direction
inrougn tne usual spies and provo-1 severely reprvsaed.
catlve agents." arrested. Imprisoned. I Th. ony chsnce of success for the
tried three weeks sgo st Warsaw, ! striker would be to enlist other la
found guilty of "belonging to a rev-j bor UDon, n n extended and sym-
o ulionarv orcanlzatlon almlnr tt ...i. iw. n... .i,. c-n '
. , .w " ;i-wiri.c ...o , jrop,, ,,r,parrd a bill whl. h wa. In
.nf...uvu w. j.-... ui iu .ouu-nremen s unions nang tiaclt. because irodurod In the emate January 11. Iat
try from the Russian empire," and0f the low condition of their treas- (H. um by Pntor Hunon and was
sentenced. This is to be the fate of;ur,t. Mean whll.tha government , , "ferred te it.a senate finance commlttaa.
this youn English lady-four years' J noIdng frequent conferen.-e. of bothj;.b?
"prvnuae ana men me-iong parties, and is urging on both sides; a new bill, but It ts to ba hoped that
rulture whoaa headiarlrs ara In Rom,
Italy.
Ivan Hill'a ad,1ra la not (Han '.n
full, but tha loial aaquanca la that
wa ahould wllhotil dalay ramedy our
faulty tanking eyalam. Tha lotrieat of
all tha people dvmanda It.
It will no doubt Iniareat your raadera
to know thai aurh Inlltatlva an.lravur
haa already baan Inaua-uratad. Tha ran
gra tonal monalary commlaalon ap
point -d In ItOt aflar aabauatlvo atudy
of tha subject, both In thla country and
A TAXATION' ABUSE
r
N" eighteen months In Portland
the public has paid $1,221,208
for property for public uses.
It was collecting revenue on
that property for support of govern
ment on a valuation of $486,625.
That is, to say, the tax price, was
only 39 per cent of the sale price.
Some parcels of property thus
bought for public use were taxed as
low as only 25 per cent of the sale
valuation. Not one was assessed a
more than 55 per cent.
Half a million's worth of proper
ty bought for the schools was taxed
at only 37 per cent of what was paid
for it. Property bought by the city
ear the police station was assessfd
at only 27.5 per cent of Its sale price.
The postoffice site was taxed atj
only 39 per cent . An article on an
other page contains a table showing
to what extent this tax abuse has
been carried on.
It is example of the inequity of
taxation. While one is assessed at
seventy, eighty, . ninety or even one
hundred per cent of the cash value,
another is taxed on only a 25 per
cent valuation, all In spite of, the
fact that the law, in effect, requires
that the assessed valuation and the
sale valuation shall be the same.
It is a gross injustice to the pub
lic. 1 An owner has a huge price on
what he sells the public and a gro
tesquely insignificant price for pay
ing taxes to the public.
It puts a premium on .misrepre
sentation of values. It pays a re
ward for fraud. It tempts almost
every man to be dishonest with the
assessor. It Invites almost every
man to desire, by undervaluation for
assessment purposes, to cheat the
public, an act in which he satisfies
his conscience by persuading him
self that everybody . else Is doing it
There is a plan to bring the prac
tice to the attention of the next leg
islature and seek for remedial leg
islation. The bill will use the tax
price as a basis of valuation when
the public wants to buy property
for public uses, adding about 36. per
cent to the average valuation for a
reasonable period In determining the
purchase price., r
, There should be such a law. Dec
ade ot experience have proven the
inequities and Injustices between tAX-
exlle In SIBerla.
Kven the provocative agents al
leged no definite acts of conspiracy
against her, nor proved any associa
tion or even acquaintance with mem
bers of the Socialist party, except
two admitted by her to be old friends
of her father, both being men of re
pute and well known character.
It is hard on Sir Edward Grey,
the British foreign minister, to have
to take up the cudgels with his
friends, the Russians. For a good
understanding with Russia he aban
doned Persia to the Hons, and delib
erately reversed the British policy
In the border lands between the two
empires. To this spirit of his many
British Liberals attribute the keep
ing up of the grudge with Germany.
The new Issue, however, is not
one that any man of British blood
will brook being tampered with by
the representative of the nation. For
a far weaker cause Lord Palmerston
set the British fleets In motion. The
demand that Kate Malecka shall be
set free, unharmed, will have to bo
pressed, and pressed home.
the formation of a conciliation board
with compulsory powers of settle
ments of labor disputes and for the
avoidance of strikes.
No definite action on this sug
gestion on the part of "the men Is
yet reported.
But the ship owner's proposi
tion of ruling wages, a minimum
of $10 a week, and a yearly week's
holiday op full pay is a sub
stantial advance on previous terms.
and to many a poor family In Lon
don tenements would mean what, to
them, is comfort.
REED COLLEGE
A
LL concerned trustees, facul-
Ihe cooperative principle which undertlra
tha commlaalon a bill will b retained.
Tha National Cltliena' league for tha
promotion of a eo,und banking pyatem,
lo which Dean Bcxeil refer in compli
mentary terma. haa not formally In
doraed tha bill, but rommenda tin main
feature, eaperlally the cooperative plan
by which as ha ahowa, tha strenath of
all the banks will be utilised affectively
In upholding tha credit of tha wntlre
country and be abla to quail any finan
cial dlaturbanca In Its Inclplency,
Allow ma to add thla obaervatlon aa
an additional reaaon for prompt mono
tary reform. It la certainly patent to
any thoughtful person that Intelligent
and thrifty farmer will be very reluc
tant to Incur the liability necessary to
secure the capital for the Inauguration
of either tha Ralffrlcen or the Land
Schoften system, for as Daan Bexell
aya, '"one characteristic of these Oer-
rlatll aa a.ai.ffcl.r4a lt llW4
la aaetai kai Ifcaif eaf l-tl
la fcMae pata4 Ifcaaa ft -MM aj
mttf Mwiaaa at . e tr
ke Sm.1 aa ate, wtr-e
etae a-vtal f aiaw-U laawuevtael
li i I mm cu-aa ia ia aia.
tol aww all tbal I e4, r
b-Miaaa aaaa a I la ! U
laaafcea af ta a f pn eacvbsaj
(. iiLal Aa la la tba tiut a.
e4 Ursa- ae4e all aa
b-a ia aaWUnr je a iey Aa ta
4 kef triaaeale
A falaa I4ea la ibal aWltlr ta Settee
attractive l f-of a4 write lera
aaai.a la tba ablet ralaiie f tAa
aaaa Tbeae ara M 4aila II a !
b.a af waal ! r Iblablag. ef
ibeir eatfaaaal aa a a.UHi af
lailaaala Selai.a Hia caeet eiady t
lt.4ikUual aa eaaaraaaily
11 aii.iaiiea Saalra far sA Aa I
a Buttle adtalur lie .? ie ai
pmlillua af aauaia r.lllalaa laala la
lliafalara aa4 art. 44a taxoailva I
pwrl, fuaiera Aeaua fr lxPfv4 par
aonal el lareare.
A r" airkMr arlentlfl line lb 4-J
in a a rrha iba buiete wiu mrwugn
euocaaiva alrpa. nral ailrarta ailaat.
Hurt, arwaaaa tnleraei. erwalea Saalra
A4 wow I tba Mwre aaor aaaiber
atp praaeala. dm Ibal Uada I laral-
ratable raulla. II la la aiaka affaellva
aalallbt dealraa W hlla II la pfofllabla
lo HHg daelra la piU, II la Inftnllelr
mora ao la bring price la deeira Trtal
im U.e oaa tils prajwall kit cof root lag
buajaaaa, and admen eoetn rlalng 10 II-
TMa adman aiap aolea a canpatsw
fur maikela by allmlnallag Iba obleaa
mas and Ibertby larreaelng Ibe purrhaa-N-s
pBr of all wege-eraere- II va
alml-ly a lardy rarognlllon Ibal Ibe wel
fare af bulra dapanda, pot oa swallan
fortune, but on proeperttr of Iba
maaaea Indeed, with all working
Inrreaaed wagaa, what might not be the
volume nf bualnaaa' And with preeent
daelrva aatlaflad. what opportunity lo
errat tha latent I
Aa there rajt ha no doubt thai lha die
play by iba few of aurh unnatural
wealth la but a reflection of frightful
underpay of lha many, tha fir I eonald-
oration muat be tha rauae of lha Injua
ilea. I'erhape In thla II mar be well for
coaal adman la lnteedgate roaeona that
Indurad recently in New Tork lb for
mation of a buaineaa organisation le
niillianlly advocate lha single las. Cer
tainly every adman and every buaineaa
man ahould atudy Henry Oeorie'e "So
cial I'foblema" and "Pro area and Pov
erty" In them will be found the boat
buaineaa-g altera on tha market.
11. T. A
Politic Split of 1860
SfiatffelJ (MaaS.) KfUae
A CONVERTED PARISH
T
RIMTY PARISH. New York.
was for many years a byword
for formalism, for an unearned
increment on inherited proper
ties In the great city of unheard of
value. It is true that the leasing
policy, persistently followed by the
vestry, had put many tenement
houses and business structures out
of control of the church, which suf
fered before the world for uses and
for conditions disgraceful to the
last degree.
For several years a changed policy
was followed, but not until the re
cent Installation of Dr. Manning as
rector, r.fter the death of Dr. Dix
did Trinity evidence a new life of
Christian energy and purpose. A
new epoch of full publicity of the af
fairs of the parish Is evidenced In
the 500 page year book recently Is
sued. There are now 8610 communi
cants in the parish, the nine church
es seat 7000 people, thirty clergy
compose the staff and there are 4000
children in the Sunday schools.
Through- day schools, night
schools, industrial schools, missions,
summer homes, charities, hospitals,
fresh air resorts, guilds, societies, the
lives of an Immense number; of the
people are being influenced for good.
Besides the nine churches mentioned
the parish contributes to the sup
port of half a dozen other churches.
The building of two other chapels
is also progressing. The first report
of the welfare secretary, Miss Din
widdle, is included. She was, for
merly secretary of the tenement
house committee of the charity or
ganization society, and is one of the
well known leaders In that Import
ant work. She says that there are
870 amllies occupying the 365
houses owned by the corporation.
She adds that Trinity's landlordship
is being exercised from the stand
point of consideration for the ten
ant, and -that the lisfht and ventila
tion conditions are yery satisfactory.
The finance of this huge religious
corporation runs Into large figures,,
man aaeoclatlono Is the practically un-
ty. friends and associates ofllmlt wiy of the members, each
Mr. and Mrs. Reed are to be port of ,h9 credu or th. rtaV
congratulated on the steady 8uch being the case, how can wa ex-
and successful advance of the strik- P1 m,n ,0 hatard their estates, when
ai any time a panic may occur that will
ho ahrlvel values that a large or pcr
hapa total losa would Inevitably ensue.
Hence there la a double consideration
prompting our people to be Insistent
for speedy action by conirreps for a sub
stantial, practical and radical reform In
our financial and banking systems.
J. IX LEE.
ingly beautiful buildings rf Reed col
lege to completion.
No time has been lost and there
has not been undue hurry in ad
vancing these structures since the
cornerstone was laid. The "Record"
and program now sent out are works
of art, which many of the recipients
will be glad to preserve, and, on oc
casion to submit to distant eyes, in
proof of what generous -funds, ex
Admen and Single Tax.
Portland, Or., June 8. To the Ed
itor of The Journal In obtaining so
noon after tha national convention that
Lady Hester Stanhope.
penrled with a great sense of beauty I of the ccmst advertising; men. Portland
,,, . . . . Is fortunate. To membership of this
and fitness will effect in harmonious nody ,. ,arKely due tne plan of busl.
and most fitting surroundings. ncss on a scientific basis.
The architects have gone far afield Only after everlasting persistence dM
for suggestions of desigLS for essen- r'oneer ndme.n convince business men
ioii iro..o K..uia i, lot 'he value of advertising, and to Ket
v,..v(,.lo .M..,u.ue)o, ""co them to see that nn outsider could best
academic restfulness may ablde to perform that service was a greater ef
future generations. It Is hard to at- fort. Strange as It now ser-ms, mer-
trlbute them to this decade of the
twentieth century, and to this west
ern edge of the world, given over so
few years ago to the Indian and then
to the pioneer.
A sense of unity distinguishes
Reed college from the many illus
trations by university and collegiate
buildings accompanying Dr. Slos
son's New York Independent series
of the older and richer and longest
established institutions m states east
of us.
The real lesson, If we could but
all learn it, is against piecemeal and
skimped construction, of public
buildings which mean groups and
series In a clearly foreseen future.
It is for the patient persistence in
carrying to completion an accepted
and unified scheme. -
Graduated Land Tax.
Portland. Or. June To Ih Ed
itor of The Journal In your laeue of
today George lllrtnbotham displays th
usual tvaiy ar1 abaurd condition of mind
of those honestly oppoaed to th taxing
of land value excluelve of Improve
mejita, and of couraa lha graduated las
on land owners does not suit htm, be
cause he wanta something elae, but does
not know what.
He speaks of a graduated las on land
area. Thla la simply Impossible and
abaurd. Thera la no such lax anywhere
on earth et. Maybe whan tba agent
of th land grabber and tax dodgers
of Oregon, whose able assistant Brother
illclnbotham bas been In Clackamas
county, geta time ha will draft ona of
the kind of graduated land lax laws
that la vaguely referred to. At preaent,
however, ha Is ao busy getting tha peo
ple to give back tha power of paaslng
emergency tax laws to tba legislature
that ha haa no time. Ona of tbaaa law?
a few years ago allowed bsnka to so
deduct ona asset from another as to
practically allow them to pay what
taxes fhey pleaaa. No doubt thla sort
of thing sulta men who ara oppoaed to
tha people of each county having- tha
power to tax themselves for local reve
nues In their own way.
Brother Oeorge II. would begin his
graduated land, tax on 160 acres. Where
would ha distinguish between land on
the edge of Portland worth $!00o an
acre and soma of the dry hill land In
the southeast corner of Malheur oounty
worth- about 25 cents an acre? What
sort of limit would he start at tu
cltleaT There is a quarter block on the
edge of town assessed at $1000 and tha
same area under the Spalding build
Ins assessed for 1:76,000? Better
study that Idea out a little, George.
Then we have the Idea aoleranly ad
vanced that a graduated tax on land
values Is no good because the big own
ers would split up. If so, what use Is
a graduated tax on land area? If of
no use to tax land owners In propor
tion to value, what use to try an area
graduated tax? Think about the land
monopoly question some more, George.
And then, draw a picture of the Port
land Railway, Light and Power com
pany with $25,000,000 of franchise value
dividing; Itself up into 125 corporations
operating; separately to escape the tax
Then Imagine the 8outhern Paclflo
splitting- itself up Into several hundred
railroads to avoid the tax.
. Better read the graduated single tax
measure over Just once, to be sure you
know what you are writing against- As
It will reduce the taxes greatly on
every farmer In Clackamas county who
works his own farm for a living. It Is
worth reading;. If you or anyone else
bas a desire for a copy send to 226
Worcester building- and one will be sent
free. ALFRED D. CRIDGK.
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Iba auiawilr rx"l fea Ike u-
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wil4fw. lMtm t-A by IM I a
fraaa MlaeitH. fWtAa, Tea, all Iba
leulalaaa Ute earawi I all fraaa
South Carolina H laraa. Ibraa af
lie Arfeaaaaa Jaltfalaa, Iwa (raw txla-
ara a4 aa frvea Moelai t aeila.
Slfly-aM beiioie lakaa wttb-
eul rutt aa4 alar I iba aiM
ad)ovr4 lo aietl la IU!ta.ua Juaa It
The wllb4rawlag 4isala tael. but
ilkoul irttag to same a I Kb I 4.
)ourncd'lo Michmoad Juaa II.
Tba balluaal eaataetlaa Iaaaabla4
ttaliiMtora mi lb lib an4 r e-r j v 4
hrae iMrl from iba . m ll i a
rreUeoiiai. aaj lha irgiaia. Manh
Carolina. Taaaaeeae an4 I'aiiforata witb-
4rw. whs pans af in 4igeilobe fraaa
Maryland and Kentucky, followed by
t'abal (ublBg. cbalrniLa ef lha rnvn.
Ildn. VUa( waa left of ll.a ronranlloa
lhan nominated bte haa A lovigla.
Tha eaedrre from ih luitin.uro oea
nilon mat and nomlraie-l John C
Breckinridge. The aerodera from
Cherleetott met la Hlcbmoad and ad.
Journed from lima lo lima until iba
liter klnrlds nomination had l-n mada,
aben lliuaa ef thtm wha bad not at
ready Jolna1 lha aaoadlns ronrentloo la
lialtlmor Indoraed rlrarbiarldga.
rifiy-seven ballots will not be taken
In Chicago, berauee Iher Bra but two
prominent randidalaa. who will be
evenly matched, and Ih faction lhal
shall aaal Ha e-onlestanta or ronteeteee
will name lha ticket Tha beaten far.
tlon will almoal certainly proleet lhal
It waa not counted oul. and will held
a convention and nam another ticket
and tha reault at tha polla a ill be very
much what It waa tn lift, with lha
parly namea ravened Tha Imocrat)4
party waa then divided beyond tha poe-
alblllty of common action, and all tha
Indlratlona are that tha Republican
party la In tha same condition today.
New Forecast of tiie
to online Week
SEVEN ECCENTRIC WOMEN
Lady IleRter Stanhope was one of the
most eccentric of English women of the
eighteenth century. She seems to have
come by her peculiarities horjestly, for
she was the eldest daughter of Charles,
Karl Stanhope, the eccentric English
nobleman, who Invented the early print
ing press bearing Ms name, and who, as
a statesman, was noted for the violence
and extremeness of his democratlo
views, leading him upon pne occasion,
in a fit of republican enthusiasm, to
abandon his carriage and causa the ar
morial-bearings to be erased from, his
Dlate and furniture.
Lady Hester's mother was the eldest
daughter of Pitt, the Great Earl of
Chatham. She died when her daughter
" - was an . Infant, and therefore Hester
Having given birth to eleven cjiil- was deprived of. the care a young- girl
dren, a Marion county mother, aged should have, and even her education
3 4, has been sent a second time to ! w" "eRl'ctld- YJl!n Sh LI Jti
DUO rVCIIb 11 BB, aw aa aJ a. r save J
the insane asylum. She is said in
her mental hallucinations to protest
violently against having more chil
dren. Is that a sure sign of Insanity?
Grant's Telegram Sold.
New Tork Post.
A telegram of General V. S. Grant
of great historical Importance was
sold at auction last week.' It Is dated
at City Point, Va. October 12.. 1164, la
addressed , to ' General Sherman, and
reads in part as follows:- - ? - -
"On "reflection I think better of your
proposition. ' It will-be much better to
go south than to . be forced to come
north.- You will no doubt clean the
country where you" go of railroad tracks
and supplies. J would also, move every
wagon, - horse, tnule, and hoof of stock,
aa well aa the negroes. A far as arms
can be supplied I would pat them
in. the AaAd of tha- negro man, Civ
for her uncle, who was then prime mln
later, and remained with him until hi
death In 1806.
In the next few years she displayed
such singular qualities of bad temper,
selfishness and lack of feeling that all
her friends were estranged and the Eng
lish government withdrew a pension she
had been drawing. In 1810 she shook
the dust of England from her feet and
started for the east. In 1812 she ar
rived in Syria and settled en Mount Le
banon, Where aha remained the reat of
her life, entirely cut orr from tba com
panionship of her friends and her coun
trymen. 1 "'''.-'
Occasionally some traveler who knew
her would make the trip to Mount Le
banon to pay her a visit, and these-persons
told curious tales of her household.
Th tea was served one day, the ser
vant brought tha teapot to the table
holding it by the spout, as th handle
was gone.- The Balling .of her aalon
waa upheld kr beams at wood, and. ban
bed wan a mattress laid on planks that
were placed on trestles. .
Lady Stanhope was a hard mistress
and demanded unheard of hours of ser
vice. At one time all the free women
In her employ left In a huff and her
slaves were constantly running away. A
strict daily account was kept by a sec
retary of how every hour of the day of
each servant and slave was employed,
and many of her evenings Lady Hes
ter would spend in the perusal of this
book.
Her own time was fully occupied;
divided as it was Into curious detail.
She remained in bed. pntll 8 o'clock In
the aXternoon, and retired af about the
sarrour the next morning. She began
herly duties at about 6 p. m. Her
firstyvork was to assign to all in the
household the routine of their labors
for the next day for no such eccentric
hours were allowed servants. This ac
complished she spent the rest of her
time till she retired in looking for
trouble in the household, scolding and
not infrequently swearing, 'writing let
ters, and talking for hours -upon any
subject upon which She gof started..
For a long time after she had goner1!
to bed she kept ost or her household
awake and busy, her bell calling them
for various services, rtt might be for a
lemonade, or a bowl of broth, or a can
of camomile tea, for which the gardener
waa called to gather the herb! or she
had. forgotten some detail of an order
for the next day, and whoever was to
execute It had to be awakened to hear
what sh had tor sayv
Lady Heater kept lo good accord with
the pasha, to whom she made, presents
and rendered service of various aorta,
and she often sent gifts to his harem.
In this way she had a certain-protection.
. She . died aa sh . lived . tn
Syria, with ao friend-or companion to
comfort her last hours. . ' -
Tomorrow Charlotte Clbber Charke. ,
Washington, D. C, June 8 Committee
meetings. political conferences and
other actlvltlo preliminary lo tha as
sembling of tha Republican national
convention will get Into full swing dur
ing the next few daya. Pefore tha end
of tha week the great army of conven
tion delegate and vlaltora will baa; In
their march on Chicago, t'ntll tha bat
tle for tha presidential nomination la
ended the western metropolis will con
tinue the canter towarda which th eyea
of the nation will be directed. With
tha and of tha Republican contest, how-
aver, public attention will make a quick
ahlft to Baltimore, where there will ba
a similar gathering of tha clans to
name tha head of tha Democratlo na
tional ticket.
The week will mark the beginning of
the college commencement sea eon. At
several of tha well known Institutions
of learning spaoial celebrations ara to
ba held In connection with the usual
commencement exerclaes. Hamilton col
lege will celebrate Its centennial and
hopes to have Prealdent Taft among tha
visitors. Pratt Institute, Rrooklyn,
will celebrate lis twenty-fifth anniver
sary. At tha University of Chicago tha
week will ba made notable by the dedi
cation of tha William Halney Harper
Memorial library.
The eighth triennial congress of the
Chambers of Commerce of the Hrltlsh
Empire is to assemble In London dur
ing the week. Among the topics for
discussion will be commercial relations
between the mother country and the col
onics, the Panama canal, emigration.
remedies for labor disputes, and reci
procity between Canada and the Weat
Indies.
The athletes who will represent tha
United States In the Olympic games at
Stockholm will sail from New York on
the steamship Finland on Friday. The
Canadian Olympic team Is scheduled to
sail the following day from Montreal.
One of the Important weddings of the
week will be thst of Miss Marjorle Ide,
daughter of Henry C. Ide, United States
minister to .Madrid, and sister of Mrs.
W. Bourke Cockran, to Shane Leslie,
which will take place Tuesday at tha
summer residence of Mr. and Mrs. W,
Bourke Cockran at Port Washington,
L. I.
The annual celebration of Flag Day
throughout the Ignited States, the meet
ing of the National Conference of Char
ities and Correction in Cleveland, the
annual Rose Festival in Portland. Ore.,
the celebration abroad of the second cen
tenary of the birth or jean Jacques
Rousseau, the convention of the Na-,
tlonal Electrle Light association In Se
attle, and the progress of the revolu
tionary movements In Mexico and Cuba
are also expected to contribute to the
news of the week.
Al
ways m
umor
T5"
ENOUGH FOS A. LECTURE
From the, Boston Transcript.
Oibbs My wife explored my pockets
last night.
LMbbs How did she come out
Glbbs As an explorer should. She
acquired enough material for a lecture.
THE WORKING GRADE.
From the Pittsburg Post.
"Fifth grade this year, Tommy?"
"Yes. sir."
"You're tn decimals or fractions now,
no doubt?"
"No. sir. I'm In crochet work and
olay modeling now."
BOBBY'S MEMORY.
From the Boston Transcript.
Visitor You remember me, don't
you, little man?
Bobby Course I do. you re tne same
man pa brought home last summer and
ma got so mad . about it she didn't
speak to pa. for a whole week.
GOVERNMENT.
, From Life.
A government is an organisation that
can build warships, but not peace ships;
That can distribute mall, but not ex
press matter;
That can run-- navy yards, but not
stock yards; ,
'That can build canals, but not rail
ways; That tan give away valuable rights,
but never get them back;
That can make profits for others, but'
not for itself. - ,
. A Darkr Horse.
From, the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
A dark horse Is never as dark aa he
is palntadl ' ' .-